1944-D Doubled Die Obverse WDDO-023

Description

High in the numbered sequence of 1944-D DDO varieties, WDDO-023 was documented by the Wexler Team as Wexler Variety ID: 1944-D 1¢ WDDO-023. Twenty-three distinct doubled die obverse varieties from a single date-mint combination places the 1944-D among the most prolific dates for obverse hub doubling in the entire Lincoln cent series. The Denver Mint's staggering 1944 output of over 430 million cents on shell-case brass planchets required a massive number of working dies, each created through the multi-impression hubbing process that produced these varieties. As the twenty-third discovery, WDDO-023 almost certainly exhibits subtle doubling requiring careful magnification and comparison against reference images for attribution. The challenge of working in the upper reaches of a DDO catalog is differentiating between closely related varieties — the spread direction, affected design elements, and magnitude of displacement may differ only slightly from WDDO-022 or WDDO-024, making side-by-side comparison essential. Shell-case brass cents from 1944 carry a warm golden-brass tone that differs visually from standard bronze Lincoln cents, and this distinctive appearance helps collectors quickly identify the date-composition combination when searching mixed accumulations for variety specimens.

Attribution History

• Wexler Variety ID: 1944-D 1¢ WDDO-023
• Expert attribution by Wexler Team

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